Unlike with the preceeding publications, we will release a new expansion for Saga without any period of warm-up or sneak peeks of any kind. Not that we didn't plan to, but a lot of work on forthcoming products reduced the time we could devote to communication. And, face it, do you prefer companies that communicate or that actually release stuff? I guess we both know the answer. Anyway, this supplement is a bit special. It closes a chapter in the history of Saga, that we started almost two years ago. Varjazi & Basileus is a mini-supplement that will be the last to offer new factions for the Viking Age (at least in the near future). We will continue to support Saga, but forthcoming publications will drive us to new shores, taking new roads that we are keen to explore.

Varjazi & Basileus only offers three new factions and one of these (the Byzantines) has already published in Wargames Illustrated (that is sold out since months). The other two factions, brand new ones are the Pagan Rus and the Rus Princes (their successors). The supplement also adds a new Swords for Hire unit only available to the aforementionned factions: The Steppe Nomads, feared horsemen. We also wanted to close this first cycle of the life of Saga with something a bit special. Hence the idea to include this supplement in a nice folder that could hold the player's Battleboards and rulebook. It is made of a thick cardboard, and thick enough to hold all the Battleboards and the Saga rulebook. It is really a goodie, something that we have done because we felt it was just "cool". At least this is something that we are looking for to get in the Tomahawk tepee. Hopefully you will enjoy it too. The price of the folder and the supplement will be the same as Northern Fury or Raven's Shadow.

And to give a bit of meat to those "western' factions, we will be releasing two new Swords for Hire units at the same time: the Wandering Bard and the Vengeful Monks. Both were really fun to design and playtest and hopefully you will like them too. This new publications will be released for Salute, the 20th April and during the IPO Show in Paris at the same time. Looking to hear what you think about our ideas...